Santa Barbara won for the sixth time in its past eight games to even its record at 6-6 as Nesbit and Zornig played a big part in the Gauchos' 71-49 victory over Siena on Wednesday afternoon.

Zornig scored a career-high 13 points - 11 coming in the second half - and Nesbit added seven points, four assists and three steals as UCSB has rebounded from an 0-4 start to even its record heading into Big West Conference play next week.

"It's a huge transition, definitely the speed, but I think me and Nicole have definitely adjusted to it well," said Zornig of the Division I game, who hit three 3-pointers and added two steals.

Mekia Valentine scored a game-high 14 points to go with four rebounds and five blocked shots and Emilie Johnson added 11 points with five rebounds and five assists.

The Gauchos shot 56% from the floor, the second time on the trip that the team hit over half of its attempts. UCSB finished its New York trip 2-1 with only a nine-point loss to No. 18 St. John's preventing the Gauchos from a perfect east coast swing.

"This was our sixth non-conference win which is the most in my tenure," UCSB head coach Lindsay Gottlieb said of improving to 6-6. "More than anything this gives us so much confidence and the team has really bonded on this trip so hopefully we can turn that confidence into a swagger as we go into Big West Conference play."

Zornig entered the game and buried her first attempt to give UCSB a 17-5 lead with 11:52 left in the first half then hit two more treys to give the Gauchos a 37-23 lead at halftime.

Siena cut the Gauchos' lead to 10 midway through the second half, but a quick 9-0 spurt - highlighted by five points from Nicole Nesbit - allowed UCSB's lead to swell up to 19 points.

That lead eventually turned to 63-43 on Destini Mason's fastbreak layup with 4:40 left in the game and UCSB later took a 22-point lead on two separate occasions.

UCSB will have a week off for the Christmas break before opening conference play at Long Beach State on Dec. 30 at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live online by clicking here and AM 990 KTMS with the pregame show starting a half-hour before tipoff.

Santa Barbara does not return home until Jan. 6 when it hosts UC Davis.

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